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[–] ThatWontFit@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

🎶Ohhh Thiago Silvaaaaaaa🎶

We know we got lucky.

Yeah but Chelsea got him for free. Even if he had been garbage he would’ve been valuable for culture. Cavani, Thiago Silva, Zlatan, Larsson, etc all good signings. Even someone like Gary Mac for Liverpool.

If United had signed him for free they’d still be going on about how good he is. But on the flip slide Chelsea would never have spent £70m on Casemiro.

[–] Blue_winged_yoshi@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (6 children)

You guys are a money-no-object club, you can absolutely afford to take the gambles and pocket the wins. United are having to budget carefully for FFP and they’ve blown a fortune on transfer fee/wages here!

[–] jamieaka@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

You guys are a money-no-object club, you can absolutely afford to take the gambles and pocket the wins.

huh wasn't thiago silva was a free transfer though?

[–] Cicero912@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

United is also a money-no-object club lol. They are just bad at it

[–] Livinglifeform@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

United have even more money than chelsea, just chelsea sometimes actually sell players they've spunked away all their money on so they can spunk away some more money

[–] ThatWontFit@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I assume there is a /s here lol.

We signed Silva on a free...and we also stay within FFP by selling/loaning players.

[–] a_lumberjack@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wages still count for FFP. He’s not playing for free.

[–] ThatWontFit@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Our wage bill is smaller than City's, Arsenal's, and United's...

[–] a_lumberjack@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What part of that doesn’t mean giving a huge contract to an aging player is a risk? You seem to be arguing that it’s not a risk because he was signed on a free transfer.

[–] ThatWontFit@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

We give Silva 1 year deals that he and Chelsea must agree to extend...

United fans and crying about money when they're just as bad, name a better combo

united just do shit business

[–] jarch5@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

This has to be a copypasta